Indonesia Executions Families Mobbed

The families of two Australian drug smugglers due to be executed in Indonesia have been mobbed by reporters as they arrived for prison visits.

Police had to shield relatives of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran from a crowd as they walked part of the way to a jail on Nusakambangan Island.

Sukumaran's sister collapsed and had to be carried.

Chan and Sukumaran, along with seven others, could be executed at the jail by firing squad on Tuesday night.

They were formally notified on Saturday that they would be executed. Under Indonesian law, criminals must be given 72 hours notice.

Another convicted drug trafficker - a French national - is appealing against his conviction.

On Tuesday, there was a media scramble as the families of the two Australians walked from the Cilacap port towards the prison - for what could be their last meeting with the prisoners.

Andrew Chan's mother Helen (right) broke down in tears as she arrived on the Nusakambangan island

Chan's mother, Helen, was seen breaking down in tears after arriving on the island.
Other family members were screaming "Mercy!" as they approached the prison.

On Monday, Chan married his girlfriend Febyanti Herewila, in what his brother, Michael, said was "an enjoyable moment".